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A New Mexico State Police officer may feel lucky to be alive after being involved in a violent collision in Hobbes, New Mexico on June 29. The officer was in his vehicle on the side of Highway 62, performing a routine traffic stop just before 6:15 P.M., when a drunk driver smashed into the…

A detention officer at the Rio Arriba County Jail has resigned after he was involved in a crash that killed two New Mexico men last week. The jail employee, a 26-year-old man from El Rito, New Mexico, told witnesses and police that he had consumed between five and 12 beers in the hours leading…

Earlier this week, a Colorado man was arrested in New Mexico for driving under the influence of alcohol. According to a report by KRQE, a police officer found an elk carcass in the road which aroused his suspicions. A few miles down the road, he found the man who they believe struck the animal….

In a tragic accident last month, one woman was killed and three others were injured when their car clipped another vehicle and smashed head-on into a light pole. According to a report by a Fox affiliate KFOX15, the driver was speeding and drove through a red light at an intersection in Anthony, New Mexico,…

Drunk driving accidents occur at a startling rate across New Mexico, injuring hundreds of New Mexicans each year. While the reasons behind drunk driving accidents vary, many times people over consume alcohol at clubs or bars and then get in their car and cause an accident. Awhile back, the State Legislature of New Mexico…

In a tragic accident last week, a New Mexico man crashed his pick-up truck into a motorcycle, killing the driver and injuring the driver’s 11-year-old daughter. According to a report by the Huffington Post, a witness had called police about the driver twice earlier that day; once for erratic driving and once for fighting…

Last month, a New Mexico man was arrested for the eleventh time for driving under the influence. According to a report by KRWG, the man was on his way home from work when he realized that he was traveling down a one-way street. Once he realized that he was doing so, he attempted to…

A Bakersfield, California man was recently sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for second degree murder in connection with a fatal traffic collision in a construction zone. 32-year-old Jerad Cross was convicted of killing a 45-year-old Clovis man when he rear-ended his stopped vehicle while under the influence of prescription medication and…

In late November, a Pennsylvania jury issued a $28 million verdict against a driver and the Pittsburgh Elks Lodge No. 11 in connection with a deadly DUI collision. In September 2009, a 26-year-old Munhall man attended an event at the lodge that included unlimited food and alcohol. As part of the bash, self-serve kegs…

A 60-year-old Arroyo Seco woman was recently charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) in connection with a Bernalillo County crash that killed a man. According to local Sheriff’s Deputies, the woman was headed north on Interstate 25 near Rio Bravo Boulevard around 7 pm when she rear-ended another vehicle that was being driven by…